Himachal State awarded under PMSMA

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Himachal Pradesh has bagged the top position in the country by enrolling 68.26 per cent women for antenatal checkup by a doctor in 495 special clinics in the state under the Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritav Abhiyan (PMSMA).
Union Health ministry conferred the award upon the state for bringing maximum number of women for antenatal checkup to the PMSMA clinics. These special antenatal clinics aim at identifying high-risk pregnancies well in time so that they are treated and guided so that they are fit to deliver in a hospital.
Under the scheme, pregnant women were supposed to get an antenatal check up done on ninth of every month by a doctor.
The state enrolled 68.26 per cent women for antenatal checkup by a doctor in 495 special clinics under the Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritav Abhiyan.

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